Moon and Venus - NOW

Moon and Venus - NOW

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Eric Mc

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122,165 posts

266 months

Thursday 26th January 2012
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Nicely placed in the sky if you look out the window right now (and you have a clear sky, of course smile)

Buff Mchugelarge

3,316 posts

151 months

Thursday 26th January 2012
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Cool biggrin

Looked out the window and they're right there

nelly1

5,630 posts

232 months

Thursday 26th January 2012
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Cheers Eric.

Went outside to have a butchers and trod in a cat turd.

In socks.

curse

...me in the socks, not the cat...

jmorgan

36,010 posts

285 months

Thursday 26th January 2012
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For today we have been mostly having

Altogether now

To the tune of the spam song

Rain, rain rain rain wonderful rain wonderful rain

Just the clouds left

ranting

Eric Mc

Original Poster:

122,165 posts

266 months

Thursday 26th January 2012
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nelly1 said:
Cheers Eric.

Went outside to have a butchers and trod in a cat turd.

In socks.

curse

...me in the socks, not the cat...
What a CATastrophe - sorry.

nelly1

5,630 posts

232 months

Thursday 26th January 2012
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Eric Mc said:
What a CATastrophe - sorry.
You're only making it worse!

The Moon & Venus did look cool though, before the 'SQUELCH' spoiled it...

kiteless

11,746 posts

205 months

Thursday 26th January 2012
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Driving back from work earlier (east on the A5) I noticed them: an almost perfect crescent moon with a very bright Venus below left. Very striking.


Caruso

7,445 posts

257 months

Thursday 26th January 2012
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There was a lovely view of them over the sea here on the south coast on my way home from work. Then there was the most surprising and heavy hailstorm.

FeatherZ

2,422 posts

197 months

Thursday 26th January 2012
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There was a star / planet earlier about 6 pm that was just west of the Moon that seemed to have two light streaks coming out east and west of the star eg. -----o-----.

May have been an aircraft (I was driving and couldn't follow it.)

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

256 months

Thursday 26th January 2012
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FeatherZ said:
May have been an aircraft (I was driving and couldn't follow it.)
Try Red Bull...it gives you wings

Sway

26,435 posts

195 months

Thursday 26th January 2012
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Yep, noticed that - great view walking to the Tower Hotel so it was above the nicest Thames bridge.

Did appreciate Google Skymap on my phone though, as I wasn't sure if it was Venus or Jupiter.

Not sure if 'normal' people can tell the difference from colour? I wouldn't know as I'm colour blind. Which incidentally seems to be one of the few afflictions it's still acceptable to have the piss ripped out of you for when you make the inevitable mistakes.

(By which I mean that I've had senior corporate managers I haven't met before pass comment in a disparaging way, not just normal banter. I don't cry myself to sleep over it, but I do find it odd - we're talking the sort of environment normally so politically correct they'd think twice before even hinting at the fact they had noticed a 'true' disability in someone, let alone actually taking the piss)


I digress. It did look bloody lovely, can understand why a similar image is on a few (I think, at least one anyway) Arabic flags. Although IIRC, wasn't that a supernova that inspired those.

WestYorkie

1,811 posts

196 months

Friday 27th January 2012
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Looked good didn't it.
Skymap should come pre installed on all Android 'phones imo.

Mars is visible in the east ATM.
Thanks google.

Edited by WestYorkie on Friday 27th January 00:07

nellyleelephant

2,705 posts

235 months

Friday 27th January 2012
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Sway said:
Yep, noticed that - great view walking to the Tower Hotel so it was above the nicest Thames bridge.

Did appreciate Google Skymap on my phone though, as I wasn't sure if it was Venus or Jupiter.

Not sure if 'normal' people can tell the difference from colour? I wouldn't know as I'm colour blind. Which incidentally seems to be one of the few afflictions it's still acceptable to have the piss ripped out of you for when you make the inevitable mistakes.
Jupiter and Venus are so bright you can't tell them apart from colour.
Mars is different though, it has a red tinge when seen with the naked eye.

jmorgan

36,010 posts

285 months

Friday 27th January 2012
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FeatherZ said:
There was a star / planet earlier about 6 pm that was just west of the Moon that seemed to have two light streaks coming out east and west of the star eg. -----o-----.

May have been an aircraft (I was driving and couldn't follow it.)
Optical effect through the wind screen?

Eric Mc

Original Poster:

122,165 posts

266 months

Friday 27th January 2012
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Venus is brighter than Jupiter and has a whiter glow. Jupiter has a slightly yellow tint.

M5 Russ

2,243 posts

193 months

Friday 27th January 2012
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It looked superb tonight from where I was. It will look even better when my new Skywatcher 200p arrives wink

FeatherZ

2,422 posts

197 months

Friday 27th January 2012
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jmorgan said:
Optical effect through the wind screen?
I meant couldn't follow it with google sky map and yes was probebly the screen!

FeatherZ

2,422 posts

197 months

Friday 27th January 2012
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jmorgan said:
Optical effect through the wind screen?
I meant couldn't follow it with google sky map and yes was probebly the screen!

Eric Mc

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122,165 posts

266 months

Saturday 28th January 2012
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As a planet or star approaches the horizon, it will appear to flash and sparkle more as the light coming from the object is distorted by the denser atmosphere.

zetec

4,472 posts

252 months

Saturday 28th January 2012
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M5 Russ said:
It looked superb tonight from where I was. It will look even better when my new Skywatcher 200p arrives wink
They will look superb through that too, me and my eldest spent most of yesterday evening in the garden with ours smile